Assessment of cow dung as a supplementary fuel in a downdraft biomass gasifier

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 379-386

  Roy, Prokash C ^a   Datta, Amitava ^b   Chakraborty, Niladri ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass gasifier; Cow dung; Fuel blend; Kinetic model

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS FUELS; BIOMASS GASIFIER; BLENDED FUELS; CONTROLLED REDUCTION; COW DUNG; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; FUEL BLENDS; FUEL MIX; GASIFICATION PROCESS; GASIFIER FUELS; GASIFIERS; HEATING VALUE; IN-BETWEEN; KINETIC MODELS; LOW HEATING VALUES; OXIDATION ZONES; PRODUCER GAS; REDUCTION ZONES; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FUELS; GAS GENERATORS; GASIFICATION; HEATING; KINETIC THEORY;

FUEL ECONOMY;

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BIOMASS POWER; ENERGY MARKET; FUELWOOD; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS SUPPLY; MANURE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

EID: 71549130449     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.03.022     Document Type: Article

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